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Amid Improvements, Maricopa County Jail Medical Services Still Deficient
Loaded on March 15, 2013
by Matthew Clarke
by Matt ClarkeRecent reports filed in a long-standing federal lawsuit against Sheriff Joe Arpaio over deficiencies in the medical and mental health care of prisoners in the Maricopa County jail system have cited both improvements and persistent deficiencies. Meanwhile, a little-known section in the new federal health care laws …
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